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I knew a guy named Shirley

In the cases of Ashley, Laurie and Shirley, they were originally surnames and it was at one time very common to name boys with a family surname as a given name--for example, a mother's or grandmother's maiden name. What I don't get is names like "Hunter" as a given name,unless they are family names.

According to Behind the Name web site, "Hunter" does come from a surname.

Also according the the web site, "Robert" comes from the German "Hrodebert" meaning bright fame. "John" comes originally from the Hebrew "Yochanan" meaning Yahweh is gracious.

Yes, "Hunter" is a surname, but I'd be willing to bet most of the tots running around with that name now have no relatives with that name. I don't object to surnames as given names per se. I object to surnames that have become trendy given names.

According to a friend of mine, one reason that people like giving androgynous names to girls is that it increases the chance that they'll be taken seriously in the business and/or academic world as they grow up.



Also, I never really gotten why "It's Pat" was so hilarious. I've known women who looked like that my whole life. I couldn't even pretend not to know that the person portraying the character was female.

I never saw the Pat movie and only a few of the SNL skits. But I think the humor was in all the other people trying to figure out Pat's gender withoug coming out and asking. The one I remember has Pat coming into a party. Kevin Nealon say "Hey Pat! All the women are having wine coolers and the guys are having beer. What would you like?" Pat then says "Oh I just took some cold medication so no alcohol for me."

They actually did get pretty clever in how they would word the queries to Pat. "Pat, you've just been born and the doctor says "It's a..."

"Baby!"

"Pat the Bunny" was first published in 1940 and has sold 7 million copies.

What sex was cousin It?

One would presume that Cousin Itt is male. He does wear a hat traditionally worn by men. In the TV show Morticia states that he is quite the ladies man. And in the two Addams Family movies, he ends up marrying a woman who subsequently bears him a child.

I loved it when Morticia asks "Do you mind if I smoke?" and then folds her arms and begins to emit smoke.

I considered calling for an All-Smoking Jacket Day on Legion world, but then I realized how tough it would be to fit my avatar into a smoking jacket.

I had a smoking jacket. I sprayed it with a hose and it stopped.

It was so cold here I saw a bee with a yellowjacket and a chicken with a capon.

I guess that joke doesn't work as well written down.

A lot of things lose in translation from spoken word to written word. A joke which is funny in person can sound sarcastic or rude online.

Hmm... I wonder if there are jokes which are funny online that would sound sarcastic or rude in person?

There likely are, depending on the person telling the joke.

In any case, I don't think funny and sarcastic are mutually exclusive.

Certainly not around here.

I would certainly hope not.

I once saw a wedding card that was all white and in ornate letters had "I heard you were getting married" on the front of the card. Inside it said "I didn't know you were pregnant" I think that would sound ruder if done verbally.

Rude either way, I should think.

Then again, I was not anywhere to be found when they were passing out Motherhood.

P.S.- Quis, we all remember how you killed the last thread using a greeting card comment. You have to use something else this time. No rehashing of past triumphs allowed.

Fortunately, neither was I.

It's definitely not for amateurs.

Or a lot of those who consider themselves professionals.